Strong H1806H1806Kדְּלָיָ֫הוּ
Delaiah
One of the 5 senses of Strong H1806
- Transliteration
- delâyâh delâyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {del-aw-yaw'} del-aw-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.12;
son of: Shemaiah (H8098Z)
son of: Shemaiah (H8098Z)
Meaning of the name
Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
General definition
In the biblical story
Delaiah
Official during King Jehoiakim's reign
Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah, was an official during King Jehoiakim's reign who heard Baruch read Jeremiah's scroll. (Jer.36.12,25)
In the Bible
Strong H1806K appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- delaiah2
First verses
- Jeremiah 36:12Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
- Jeremiah 36:25Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.